Heads Up Texas Liquor Stores Will Be Closed for 48 Hours Twice

Do You Remember the 61 Hours of No Selling Booze in Texas?

We have all felt the frustration of running out of booze at a party right? If you have never experienced that let me just tell you that it is one of the worst feelings ever. The music is playing and everyone is having a great time the drinks are flowing up until someone says "We are out of liquor". That signature cocktail was more of a hit than you thought it would be, and now someone needs to find an open liquor store.

We have bad news if you don't regularly stock up on liquor and you call Texas home.

Texas Liquor Stores Will Be Closed for 48 Hours Straight Twice Leading Up to the New Year.

Who can we thank for these closures? TABC, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition and let states regulate the sale of alcohol and of course, Texas just had to be Texas about it.

Texas Doesn't Allow the Sale of Liquor on Certain Holidays.

We all know you can't purchase liquor on Sundays and the holidays that exclude liquor sales are Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.

If it's just one day how does that make it to be a 48-hour purchase ban? When a holiday falls on a Sunday, liquor sales are also banned on the following Monday. There is no exact reason why liquor stores are banned from selling liquor the following Monday but once again, Texas is going to Texas.

In 2022 Texas Liquor Stores Closed Down for 61 Hours Straight.

Texas liquor stores closed at 9:00 p.m. and could not open until Tuesday, December 27th at 10:00 a.m. Then it happened all over again from December 31st until Tuesday, January 3rd.

Although it won't be a 61-hour ordeal like it was in 2022 48 hours seems like a long time to us too. Since Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday liquor stores will have to close and New Year's Eve falls on a Sunday too. It looks like you and your crew better stock up for both holidays.